All true. buffer it to 6 and use Miller Nufilm 17 for a sticker. Also use something known as a "spreader" to lower the tension of the droplets and allow them to coat the surface rather than bead up. There is more to this farming than some thought, isn't there?

Thanks for all the replies. Dont think we have Pam in Australia, so I havent been using that, just olive oil on my pan. I really think the "gunk" is a build up of olive oil. Flyingflower - great idea to phone manufacturer, I am going to have a look at my pan, after I have finished this, and do some investigating. I just wash the pan with hot water, and normal old dishwashing liquid. I will give a cut lemon a try. I will report back if I come up with anything interesting. I might ask a lady here, who knows how to remove every stain on anything in a house. She has written a book about it. In fact I have seen her book in the bookshop, I might go and just look it up in the shop ! Thanks for all the suggestions, nice to hear other people have such a problem with their frypan. Bye for now. Popi

You defiantly want to isolate it away from the children and keep them at a safe distance regardless of understanding , use a lot of self protection to include: long sleeves, long rubber gloves, face mask, goggles and what ever else you can think of. (This one has a reputation messing people up real fast for a painfully long time. Generally they have been known to spray a fine sap if treated suddenly including the simple moving of the pot at the wrong time of day is something to be aware of. Misting the planned cut areas prior and as you cut will help slow down the sap flow.Continue to mist the sap flow to a stop helping to keep it safer and less exposure of toxic sap for you to do the deed. Oddly enough it wont stop the cat from spraying chances are better it wont. Not able to confirm by a more informative link but inner sap (and it's coloring) while moving may attract acute visioned animals such as a nocturnal cat. ' fire sticks' is one of the highest levels in toxicity at level three toxic meaning it has several ways to defend it's self

I am going slightly bonkers and doing an about face, now considering stainless range, off-white knobs, brass trim around the knobs. Hood still to match cabinets. Is this coo-coo? I can't see how it would look because for some reason, the white knobs on the Blue Star site are not showing up as white. I hate stainless and always loved the idea of redoing a kitchen with the ability to have paneled appliances and a colored range. But now in the midst of this, it all feels like over kill in my small-ish kitchen. And I'm noticing that while my hood and range ideabooks have all white hoods and ranges, my original ideabook of favorite overall kitchen looks all have stainless. These were my original inspiration before I got all crafty with the details: And, here is my kitchen currently - the L part is what is being redone with new cabinetry / range.